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  1. 15th March 2020, 11:38 AM #1
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    Default Timber ID Help Please

    I was given this wood a while ago but have no idea what it is. Light colour, not particularly heavy, very distinct growth rings and a quite distinctive smell even though it has been cut for more than 20 years. I have wet a couple of places to show grain. There is a dark resin-like substance on a few places outside. Any suggestions welcome.
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  3. 15th March 2020, 02:29 PM #2
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    One of the paperbarks would be my guess. I have turned a few lumps of wood without knowing what they were.
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  4. 15th March 2020, 04:33 PM #3
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    Thanks John. Not sure about paperbark. I've turned some and this seems to have much tighter grain and there is none of the gradual transition through the sap wood from solid wood to the papery bark you usually see with them. Although there is no bark attached it looks like a retty clean peel where it came off.
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    Not native to Australia obviously (I think!)
    Something introduced from America maybe!!!
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    Looks similar to osage orange.

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  7. 17th March 2020, 04:53 PM #6
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    hanks Jim but I don't think so. Its too white with no real hint of orange - not even yellow. Also, given all the other timber held by the guy I got it from (actually his family - he passed some time ago) I'm pretty sure its Australian as there was nothing imported.
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    Looks a bit like that Leyland Cypress they planted everywhere as windbreaks 80years ago, not too heavy and a distinctive smell, could be.
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  9. 21st March 2020, 01:25 PM #8
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    Thanks Pommyphil you may be right. I've looked at Leyland Cypress on the Wood Data and it seems very similar to the wood I have.
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  10. 22nd March 2020, 02:47 PM #9
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    Smell is a powerful identification tool even if a clue. Never underestimate it especially helpful with softwoods.
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